Burkean Rhapsody

The Triumph of the Banal

The world is running out of ideas. Complex dynamic systems are hardly reversible; we need to come up with new ideas to deal with problems. Older ideas can at best be guidelines. The problem with this world is not the lack of rationality (we are more “rational” than ever): it is the…

A reluctant conservative: Living the life of a horrible person

“It is not enough to be nice; you have to be good. We are attracted by nice people; but only on the assumption that their niceness is a sign of goodness.” 
― Roger Scruton

Book Review: The Square and the Tower by Niall Ferguson

Networking has become a paradigm of interest to the present generation. Social scientists, computer scientists or economists have studied…

Time axis of Conservatives and Progressives

Society is progressing, but it is also because we have managed to conserve some age-old values which make progress possible.

Conservatives generally believe the world as it exists isn’t bad, and a complete upheaval of the value…

Übermensch

A thought crossed my mind today — electoral processes in the United States are weird.

Probably, having the oldest written constitution that is still in vogue takes its toll.

Being a living document, the words of the Constitution remain the same, whereas the…

Sound and Fury

P.S- On the death of Ashok Mitra

Sometime around 2005–06, I, without being asked to, bought ‘Apila-Chapila’, the Bangla edition of Ashok Mitra’s autobiography and presented it to my Sir, who was mighty pleased. A week later, I made enquiries.

Future of rural prosperity in India

Rural prosperity still remains a big question in India.

Farm Incomes

It is observed, from largely anecdotal evidence, that certain sections of India are witnessing rural prosperity. This is true in poorer…